Crew retake cargo ship from Somali pirates

The crew of a cargo ship captured by Somali pirates pounced on their sleeping captors on Thursday, disarming them and killing five before regaining control of their vessel which had been hijacked almost three months earlier, officials said.

The crew of a cargo ship captured by Somali pirates pounced on their sleeping captors on Thursday, disarming them and killing five before regaining control of their vessel which had been hijacked almost three months earlier, officials said.

A sixth pirate survived the attack by the crew of the Libyan-owned MV Rim and was taken hostage, said Abdiaziz Aw Yusuf, the district commissioner in Garacad, the Somalian coastal town near which the ship had been anchored.

A crew member was seriously injured during the struggle, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force said in a statement.